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NEW  YORK  CITY 

HILE  London  may  surpass  it  in  population,  and  Paris  in  art  and  architecture,  yet  from  the  point  of  view 
of  the  living  world — of  industrial  achievement — of  commercial  ambition — New  York  stands  alone.  Busi- 
ness, wealth,  stupendous  enterprises  faultlessly  consummated,  gigantic  undertakings  that  are  impossible 
in  the  old  world,  flourish  in  New  York,  and  failure  in  the  broadest  sense  is  unknown.  Twenty-storied 
buildings,  mile-long  bridges,  tunnels  beneath  the  earth,  and  elevated  railroads  above  it,  all  contribute  to 
reveal  the  limitless  powers  that  here  exist  to  satisfy  the  equally  limitless  necessities  of  the  greatest  city  in  the  greatest 
nation  on  earth.  Geographical  conditions  have  had  much  to  do  with  this.  The  long  and  narrow  island  of  Manhattan 
has  forced  the  city's  growth  in  one  direction  only,  hence  a  congested  business  district,  and  the  greatest  need  of  rapid 
transit.  The  skyscraper,  the  express  elevator,  the  fast  trolleys  and  trains,  are  the  logical  outcome  of  such  conditions. 
Americanism  rises  to  the  task,  overcomes  every  obstacle,  and  works  out  a  commercial  salvation  impossible  in  any 
other  country  on  the  globe. 

New  York  is  now  the  financial  and  business  center  of  the  world.  Its  bank  clearings  exceed  those  of  London 
nearly  50  per  cent.,  and  now  that  the  manufactures  of  the  United  States  exceed  in  volume  those  of  any  other  country, 
New  York  has  naturally  become  the  greatest  mart  for  the  buying  and  selling  of  merchandise  the  world  over. 

No  vista  of  man's  achievement  can  compare  with  the  view  spread  before  the  traveler  as  his  ocean  steamship 
enters  New  York  Harbor.  The  sky  line  is  a  study  of  heights  and  angles,  of  gigantic  buildings  following  each  other 
in  rapid  succession,  that  may  well  amaze  mankind.  Only  a  few  years  ago,  the  World  Building  with  its  fourteen 
stories  taxed  credibility.  It  is  now  but  a  pigmy  compared  with  the  American  Surety,  Bowling  Green,  Commercial 
Cable,  the  "Flatiron,"  and  a  score  of  others,  while  over  all  towers  that  enormous  pile  of  steel  and  stone,  the  Park 
Row  Building,  a  straight  shaft  towering  toward  the  blue  sky,  counting  thirty-one  stories  and  measuring  from  sub- 
basement  to  flagstaff  550  feet. 

No  city  in  the  world  possesses  such  magnificent  hotels,  nor  so  many  of  them — perfect  palaces  catering  to  the 
most  fastidious  tastes  of  a  discriminating  public.  Then  there  are  the  parks — Central,  Bronx,  Van  Cortlandt,  and  a 
hundred  others,  comprising  unquestionably  the  largest  and  most  elaborate  park  system  in  the  world.  Not  less  noted 
are  the  houses  of  New  York's  multi-millionaires.  Fabulous  in  magnificence  they  adorn  Fifth  Avenue,  Riverside 
Drive  and  a  score  of  lesser  boulevards. 

Nothing  daunts  the  audacious  boldness  of  New  York.  When  one  considers  the  proposal  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  to  construct  its  tunnel  from  Jersey  City,  under  the  Hudson,  through  Manhattan,  and  again  under  the  East 
River  to  Brooklyn — of  the  marvelous  Subway,  of  the  gigantic  new  East  River  bridges,  of  the  projected  theatres, 
hotels,  office  buildings,  department  stores,  and  all  the  rest,  he  may  well  pause  in  wonder  and  think  —  is  there  any 
limit  to  American  ambition,  determination,  power,  achievement? 

Published  by  L.  H.  NELSON  COMPANY,  Portland,  Maine, 
Proprietors  of  Nelson's  International  Series  of  Souvenir  Books. 

Copyright,  1906,  by  L.  H.  NELSON  CO.         175th  Thousand. 


CITY  HALL  PARK  is  the  center  of  political  life  in  the  great  metropolis.    Standing  on  the  steps  of  the  famous  New  York  City  Hall  one  gets  a  remarkable  ilii 
pression  of  the  ceaseless  energy  of  the  city.    Located  near  the  entrance  to  Brooklyn  Bridge,  in  close  contact  with  Newspaper  Row  and  the  l'ost  Office  and  sur- 
rounded by  many  characteristic  skyscrapers,  the  park  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  places  in  New  York.     Probably  at  no  other  point  are  so  many  thousands  of 
people  injsight.   Here  is  one  of  the  great  stations  of  the  Subway,  and  it  was  directly  in  front  of  the  City  Hall  that  the  ground  was  first  broken  for  that  gigantic 
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AYASHINGTON  SQUARE,  at  the  beginning  of  5th  Avenue,  is  nine  acres  in  extent.  It  was  originally  a  Potter's  Field,  and  later  a  camp  ground  during  the  Civil 
War.  For  over  half  a  century  it  has  been  the  chosen  residential  section  of  many  old  New  York  families,  including  the  Stuyvesants,  Rhinelandeis,  Potters,  DePey- 
sters,  Coopers,  and  others.  Their  old-fashioned  brick  mansions  impressively  line  the  northern  side  of  the  Square.  The  stately  Washington  Arch,  exquisitely 
modeled  in  marble  from  the  design  of  Stanford  White,  was  erected  in  1889-92  to  commemorate  the  inauguration  of  General  George  Washington  as  the  first  ['resi- 
dent, it  cost  (250,000. 


MULBERRY  BEND  PARK,  running  from  Bayard  to  Park  Street,  and  from  Mulberry  to  Baxter  Street,  contains  two  and  three-quarters  acres  of  well-kept  lawn. 
Innumerable  seats,  a  rest  house  and  fountains  are  provided  for  the  comfort  and  pleasure  of  the  people. 

BATTERY  PARK  is  the  name  applied  to  the  triangular  green  at  the  southern  extremity  of  the  city.  From  here  a  fine  view  of  the  bay  may  be  obtained.  The 
Battery  Park  contains  twenty-one  acres,  is  shaded  by  many  trees,  and  has  a  broad  walk  along  the  sea  wall.   It  is  always  thronged  with  immigrants  and  loungers. 


BROADWAY  AT  32d  STREET.  At  no  other  point  in'the  city^except  perhaps  at  the  entrance  to  Brooklyn  Bridge  is  street  traffic  so  congested  from  time  to  time 
as  at  this  busy  corner.  Surface  cars  moving  in  rapid  succession  on  both  Broadway  and  Sixth  Avenue  and  the  vast  army  of  pedestrians  and  vehicles  make  this  one 
of  the  most  difficult  crossings  in  New  York.  The  view  shows  a  station  of  the  elevated  road  with  entrances  and  exits  and  separate  platforms  for  "  up-town  "  and 
"  down-town  "  trains.   The  elevated  roads  are  now  operated  by  electricity[and  consist  of  fourjnain  double-track  lines  and  a  few  short  branches. 


BROADWAY  FROM  CHAMBERS  STREET.    The  great  avenue  of  New  York's  WALL  STREET.  The  money  center  of  America,  the  text  for  political  tirades,  the 

business  life.    No  cither  street  iii  America  pan  show  such  activity,  such  a  variety  of  target  for  many  a  sermon.    Fortunes  made  or  lost  every  hour  of  the  business  day. 

architecture,  such  throngs  of  people.   The  surface  cars  follow  each  other  in  a  never-  In  the  (tenter  of  the  view  is  Trinity  Church,  at  which  point  Wall  Street  begins,  ex- 

ending  procession.    Broadway  starts  at  Bowling  Green  and  extends  to  Yonkers,  a  tending  to  the  East  Kiver.   The  low  building  at  the  right  is  the  U.  S.  Suli-treasury ; 

distance  of  14  miles.  the  skyscraper  beyond,  the  Gillender  Building. 


THE  BOWERY.  A  thoroughfare  of  world-wide  fame.  It  derived  its  name  from  the  "  houweries"  or  farms  between  which  it  ran  during  the  old  Dutch  days.  In 
latter  years  the  lower  end  grew  to  be  a  series  of  dives,  saloons,  shows,  etc.,  and  became  the  favorite  resort  of  a  tough  element.  Here  the  peculiar  type  of  swag- 
gering ruffian,  "  the  Bowery  boy,"  was  developed.  The  street  has  lost  much  of  its  former  bad  repute,  and  the  "  boy  "  has  disappeared.  The  milder  young  toughs 
of  today  are  in  turn  giving  way  to  the  frugal  and  good-natured  (lerman  and  Jew.  Better  shops  are  being  opened  year  by  year.  The  Bowery  now  boasts  the  largest 
savings  bank  in  the  world. 


NEW  YORK  TIMES  liUILDIN*;.  At  Broadway,  7th  Avenue  and  42d  Street.  The 
new  home  of  the  great  newspaper,  built  especially  to  meet  the  requirements  of  mod- 
ern journalism.  It  is  a  stately  structure  of  22  stories ;  rises  :i7.r)  feet  above  and  extends 
55  feet  below  the  sidewalk.   A  subway  station  is  in  the  basement. 


THE  FULLER  "BUILDING,  known  popularly  as  the  "Flat-iron,"  is  located  on 
Broadway  at  the  intersection  of  23d  Street  and  5th  Avenue.  It  has  20  stories  and  is 
28(>  feet  high.  Its  remarkable  shape  and  conspicuous  position  have  made  it  one  of 
the  best  known  buildings  in  the  country. 


Manhattan  Life  Building. 
MANHATTAN  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  BUILDING.     66  Broadway,  near 
Exchange  Place.    One  of  the  tallest  buildings  in  the  city,  having  23  stories,  and 
towering  361  feet  high.   Very  striking  and  ornate  design.   Home  of  the  Manhattan 
Life  Insurance  Company,  organized  1850. 


Standard  Oil  Building. 
STANDARD  OIL  COMPANY  BUILDING.  Located  at  26  Broadway,  near  Bowling 
Green.  This  structure  has  acquired  fame  as  the  headquarters  of  the  gigantic  trust 
which  controls  the  petroleum  industry  of  the  world.  The  building  is  entirely  occupied 
by  the  parent  company  or  sub-companies  which"either  produce,  refine  or  transport 
oil  or  by-products. 


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COMMERCIAL  (  AISI.K  IH  ILDINC  Ail.joins  tho  stock  Exchange  at  20  Broad 
Street.    An  imposing  office  building    i v«'ii  over  to  t lie  business  of  the  Commercial 

Cable  nyste  rganized  in  1SS4  liy  .lolm  \V.  Mackay  and  .lames  Cordon  Bennett.  The 

offices  of  the  Postal  Telegraph-Cable,  the  Centum  and  Pacific  cables  are  here. 


HANOVER  HANK  BUILDING.  Located  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Nassau  and 
I'ine  streets.  This  22-story  building,  completed  in  1901,  is  justly  considered  one  of 
the  finest,  office  structures  in  the  world.  From  an  artistic  standpoint  it  is  a  most 
pleasing  example  of  skyscraping  architecture. 


THE  CORN  EXCHANGE  BANK.  This  splendid  bank  building  is  located  at  13 
William  Street.  The  Corn  Exchange  Bank  is  capitalized  at  $2,000,000,  and  has  numer- 
ous branches  at  various  points  throughout  the  city. 


THE  NEW  YORK  COTTON  EXCHANGE  occupies  a  handsome  building  in  Hanover 
Square.  It  is  built  Of  yellow  brick  with  stone  lacings  and  cost  upwards  of  $1,000,(100, 
Here  the  American  cotton  quotations  are  made. 


CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE.  North  side  of  Liberty  Street,  corner  Of  Liberty  Place. 
Here  is  located  the  oldest  commercial  corporation  in  the  I'nitcd  States,  having  been 
organized  1768.  The  building,  of  white  Vermont  marble  with  a  granite  base,  was 
erected  in  1902  and  cost  over,  $1,500,000.  The  main  hall  is  90x«>  feet. 


HALL  OF  RECORDS.  Chambers,  Reade  and  Center  streets.  A  splendid  fire-prcof 
structure  built  of  steel  and  Maine  Granite,  for  the  safe-keeping  of  real  estate  deeds, 
mortgages,  etc..  of  Manhattan  Borough,  also  for  Surrogates'  Courts  and  City  Offices. 
Erected  1904,  and  cost  $5,000,000. 


GRAND  CENTRAL  STATION'.  42d  to  45th  streets,  Vanderbilt  Avenue  to  Depew  Place.  An  immense  six -storied  building,  reconstructed  in  18SI8.  The  most  con- 
venient and  capacious  railroad  station  in  the  country.  The  New  York  terminus  of  the  New  York  Central  lines,  comprising  numerous  railroads  operating  11,126 
miles  east  of  the  Mississippi.  Here  are  terminal  facilities  also  for  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad.  The  great  train  shed  is  7(Xl  feet  long.  It  is 
estimated  that  12,000,tKX)  people  pass  through  this  station  annually.  The  head  offices  of  the  New  York  Central  and  the  New  York  offices  of  the  New  Haven  road 
are  on  the  upper  floors. 


THE  HOTKL  ASTOR.  Long  Acre  Square  and  44th  Street.  Erected  in  1914  by  William  Waldorf  Astor.  One  Of  the  most  sumptuous  hotels  in  the  world.  Bull  tot 
absolutely  fire-proof  materials,  contains  six  hundred  guest  rooms,  large  restaurants,  grill  room,  palm  garden,  roof  garden,  etc.  Great  bam  |  net  halls,  ball  room  ami 
private  dining  rooms  occupy  an  entire  floor.   One  of  the  most  interesting  places  in  New  York  to  visit  is  the  vast  wine  cellar  of  Hotel  Astor. 


THE  WALDORF-ASTORIA.  5th  Avenue,  -"3d  and  34th  streets,  is  the  largest  and 
most  luxurious  hotel  in  the  world.  It  is  supposed  to  have  cost  upward  of  $12,000,000. 
There  are  accommodations  for  about  1,500  guests.  The  ball  room  is  of  unsurpassed 
magnificence,  and  regal  decorations  prevail  throughout  the  house. 


THE  HOLLAND  HOUSE,  5th  Avenue,  southwest  corner  30th  Street.  A  ten-storied 
lire-proof  hotel  built  of  Indiana  gray  limestone  in  the  Italian  Renaissance  style  of 
architecture.  It  is  the  equal  of  any  hotel  in  America,  and  enjoys  the  patronage  of  a 
most  fastidious  class  of  people. 


THE  NORTH  RIVER.  The  name  applied  to  the  Hudson  where  it  flows  between  the  city  and  the  .Jersey  shore.  The  available  North  River  water  front  of  New 
York  i~  estimated  to  lie  a  boat  13  miles.  Below  13d  Street  on  the  New  York  side  the  shore  is  lined  with  great  steamboat  docks  and  warehouses,  and  ferry  slips. 
The  Jersej  City  and  Hoboken  side  is  equally  crowded.  Many  of  the  famous  transatlantic  lines  have  docks  on  the  Jersey  shore.  The  amount  of  daily  traffic  on 
these  waters  is  enormous.  Hi-  liners.  tugs,  ferries,  and  canal  boats  are  continually  passing.  The  great  freight  and  passenger  ferries  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road, which  has  a  terminal  in  Jersey  City,  are  a  noticeable  feature  of  .every  day  life  on  the  river. 


IMMIGRANT  STATION.  These  fine  buildings  of  brick,  stone  and  terra  cotta  are  located  on  Ellis  Island,  a  small  island  between  the  Liberty  Statue  and  the 
Commimipaw  shore.  Here  thousands  ol  immigrants  are  received  daily  and  passed  into  the  United  States.  All  steerage  passengers  are  transferred  from  the 
steamers  in  which  they  arrive,  and  before  they  can  land,  must  be  examined  as  to  their  eligibility  as  citizens  and  be  fully  recorded.  The  Government  never  ceases 
to  protect  the  immigrant  until  he  is  prepared  to  face  the  new  conditions.  Over  10,000,000  immigrants  have  entered  the  port  of  New  York  since  18S0,  and  the  annual 
average  is  about  600,000. 


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PARK  now  ENTRANCE  TO  BROOKLYN  BRIDGE  during  the  rush  hours  offers  a  scene  unequalled  anywhere.  Hundreds  of  thousands  of  haman  beings  crash 
and  struggle,  iii  the  general  mix-up  of  vehicles  and  trolley-cars,  striving  to  board  their  home  conveyance.  The  daily  rush  has  been  relieved  to  some  extent  since 
the  opening  of  the  new  Williamsburg  Bridge,  and  will  grow  still  less  strenuous  when  the  Manhattan  and  Blaekwell's  Island  bridges,  now  in  process  of  erection, 
are  completed.    At  the  right  in  the  view  is  the  entrance  to  the  tall  Pulitzer  Building,  the  home  of  the  great  newspaper,  "  The  New  York  World." 


THE  BROOKLYN  BRIDCK.  Stretches  from  opposite  City  Hall  Park  to  Fulton  and  Sand  streets.  Brooklyn.  This  magnificent  bridge  was  begun  in  1870  and 
opened  to  the  public  in  1883.  Cost  S21 .000,000.  It  consists  of  a  central  river  span  1,596  feet  long  and  two  land  spans,  with  a  total  length  between  terminals  of  7,580 
feet.  The  bridgeway  carries  two  cable  and  two  trolley  car  tracks,  two  wagon  ways  and  a  footpath.  4.000  cars  and  '2,000  vehicles  pass  east  and  west  every  day.  The 
awrage  number  of  passengers  in  twenty-four  hours  is  30(1.00(1.    It  is  estimated  that  about  .I.OOO.OOO.OOO  people  have  used  this  bridge  since  its  opening. 


THE  WILLIAMSBURG  BRIDGE,  the  greatest  suspension  bridge  in  the  world,  crosses  the  East  River  at  the  Grand  Street  Ferry  to  Broadway  (Williamsburg) 
Brooklyn.    It  is  a  steel-towered  suspension-cantilever  structure  with  a  length  of  7,'JOO  between  terminals.    The  towers  are  335  feet  high.    The  central  span  is 
1.600  feet  iong  and  186  feet  above  the  middle  of  the  rivei .   The  bridgeway  is  Us  feet  wide,  and  carries  four  trolley  and  two  cable  tracks,  two  roadways,  two  foot 
paths,  and  two  bicycle  paths.   Estimated  cost,  about  $21,000,(100. 


HIGH  BRIDGE  was  built  to  carry  the  Croton  Aqueduct  across  the  Harlem  Valley  at  175th  Street.  It  is  supported  by  13  arches  resting  on  solid  granite  piers,  and 
is  M<iO  feet  long. 

WASHINGTON  BRIDGE  crosses  the  Harlem  a  short  distance  above  High  Bridge.   It  is  built  of  steel,  iron  and  stone  and  is  80  feet  wide  and  2,400  feet  long. 
THE  EMPIRE  TRACK,  one  of  the  most  famous  race  tracks  of  the  metropolis,  is  located  at  Mount  Vernon  in  Westchester  County. 


SUBWAY  KJJTRANCK.  CIT^'  HALL.  The  entrances  and  exits  to  the  city's  underground  rapid  transit  system  are  a  new  feature  of  the  streets  of  the  metropolis. 
They  are  Substantially  built  and  of  pleasing  design.  The  herculean  undertaking  was  completed  in  1904.  Ultimate  cost.  (60,000,000.  Brooklyn  Bridge  is  the  ter- 
minal for  all  lines.  Manhattan  western  section  runs  to  Kingsbridgc,  eastern  to  Bronx  Park.  Brooklyn  tunnel  will  pass  under  Broadway  to  South  Kerry,  thence 
under  East  River  to  Atlantic  and  Flatbush  avenues.   Manhattan  and  Bronx  lines  reach  Yonkers  and  Williamsbridge.    Various  branches  and  loop-lines  connect 

sections. 


INTERIOR  OF  SUBWAY.  The  subway  is  rectangular,  13  feet  high  and  25  feet  wide  for  2-track  sections,  50  feet  wide  for  4-track  sections.  The  bed  is  of  concrete, 
with  steel  frame  construction,  concrete  walls  and  roof,  lined  with  asphalt  and  roofing-felt.  It  is  mostly  near  the  surface,  but  at  certam  points  drops  lower,  nota- 
bly at  Col  mnbus  Avenue  and  in4th  Street,  where  the  cars  pass  at  a  depth  of  80  feet.  At  169th  and  181st  streets  are  elevators  to  status  X1Q  feet  below  the  surface. 
The  motive  power  is  electricity,  using  the  third  rail  system.   City  Hall  Park  to  96th  Street  in  13  minutes. 


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GRACE  <  Hi  ndi  (EPISCOPAL)  Broadway  and  10th  Street  was  erected  in  1*4",.  it 
is  imiit  hi  white  limestone  in  Gothic  style  and  is  one  <>r  the  finest  church  edifices  in 
the  city.  The  spire  is  particularly  graceful  and  contains  a  melodious  chime  of  bells. 
A  rectory,  harmonious  in  design,  adjoins  the  church. 


ST.  PATRICK'S  CATHKDRAL  i  ROM  AN  CATHOLIC)  r.tli  Avenue.  511th  and  ..1st 
streets,  is  the  most  beautiful  Church  edifice  in  America,  and  ranks  with  famous 
cathedrals  in  foreign  lands.  It  is  built  of  white  marble.  The  structure  alone  cost 
S2,(XJ0,0U0.    Length,  $$1  feet,  breadth,  174  feet.    Height,  33(1  feet. 


TRINITY  CHURCH,  Broadway,  at  the  head  of  Wall  Street.  The  present  structure 
is  of  brown  sandstone  in  (iothic  style,  and  was  completed  in  1847.  The  church 
society  is  the  richest  in  America,  amUmaintains  besides  the  parent  church,  eight 
chape's,  schools,  a  dispensary  hospital,  and  a  long  list  of  charitable  enterprises. 


TRINITY  CHURCH  INTERIOR.  The  bronze  doors  which  adorn  the  entrance  were 
given  by  William  Waldorf  Astor  in  memory  of  his  father.  John  Jacob  Astor.  The 
altar  and  reredos  were  presented  by  John  Jacob  Astor  and  William  Astor  in  memory 
of  their  father,  William  Astor.   The  reredos  alone  cost  £100,000. 


THE  METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  FINE  ARTS  is  on  the  r.th  Avenue  side  of  Central  Park  at  79th  Street.  The  view  here  shown  is  of  the  newer  east  wing 
erected  at  a  cost  of  $1,000,000.  The  museum  contains  the  finest  collection  of  paintings,  statuary  and  antiques  in  America.  On  Sunday,  the  building  is^crowded 
with  sightseers.  Ten  thousand  persons  frequently  pass  through  the  turnstiles  in  the  four  hours  allotted  to  the  "  free  "  public.  No  art  museum  in  the  world,  pos- 
sibly excepting  the  Louvre,  has  surroundings  so  harmonious.  The  Park  on  one  side  and  the  palaces  of  5th  Avenue  on  the  other  are  fitting  environment  for  this 
unequalled  collection  of  art  treasures. 


THE  PAINTINGS  IN  THE  METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  number  over  700,  among  which  are  included  many  masterpieces.  America  is  yet  young  in  art  but  the 
New  York  museum  is  a  splendid  step  toward  excellent  achievement  in  this  direction.  The  original  painting  entitled  "  The  Horse  Fair"  (No.  1)  by  the  French 
artist,  Rosa  Bonheur  (a  replica  being  in  the  Louvre),  is  one  of  the  most  noted.  No.  2  is  "  Lost  "  by  A.  F.  A.  Schenck.  No.  3.  "The  Storm  "  (Paul  and  Virginia) 
by  P.  A.  Cot.  No.  4.  "  A  Quartet"  by  Wm.  T.  Dannat.  No.  5.   "  Washington  Crossing  the  Delaware  "  Leutze.  No.  6.   "  Sheep— Spring  "  by  Anton  Mauve. 


THE  STATUE  OK  ALKXANDKR  HAMILTON,  by  Conradst,  is  of  granite,  and  is  located  near  the  Art  Museum  in  Central  Park. 

THE  COLOSSAL  STATUE  OF  WASHINGTON,  by  J.  Q.  A.  Ward,  stands  at  the  entrance  to  the  Sub- treasury  building,  formerly  the  City  Hall,  on  the  exact  spot 
where  Washington  took  the  oath  of  ottice  in  178(i. 

THE  BRONZE  STATUE  OP  PETEB  COOPER  was  designed  by  St.  Gaudens,  who  was  himself  a  pupil  at  the  Cooper  Union  in  front  of  which  the  statue  stands. 
THE  BRONZE  STATCK  OF  NATHAN  HALK,  by  Macmonnies,  is  located  in  City  1'ark  near  the  spot  where  Hale  was  banged  as  a  spy  by  the  British  during  the 

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THE  MILLIONAIRES  OF  NEW  YORK  have  contributed  much  toward  beautifying  the  city  l>y  the  erection  of  many  magnificent  residences.  No  city  in  the  world 
can  boast  so  many  private  palaces.  They  comprise  all  clashes  of  architecture,  utilizing  the  most  subtantial  and  costly  building  material.  While  the  exteriors  are 
frequently  ornate  and  elaborate,  the  interior  furnishings  and  decorations  are  luxurious  in  the  extreme. 


GRANT'S  TOMB.  Claremont  Heights,  Riverside  Drive,  near  12.!d  Street.  This  beautiful  edifice,  one  of  the  largest  monuments  in  the  world,  is  150  feet  high  and 
covers  an  area  of  10,000  square  feet,  and  is  built  of  Maine  white  granite.  The  cost,  $<i00,000,  was  raised  by  the  Grant  Monument  Association  by  voluntary  contribu- 
tions from  over  90,000  people.  The  memorial  was  dedicated  by  President  McKinley  in  1897.  Over  the  portico  are  statues  of  "  Peace  "  and  "  Victory  "  by  ,T.  Massey 
Rhind.   The  remains  of  the  great  soldier  and  his  wife  lie  in  two  red  porphyry  sarcophagi  in  a  crypt  under  the  dome.  • 


CENTRAL  PARK  is  the  great  playground  of  the  city's  poor  as  well  as  the  rendezvous  for  the  fashionable  turnouts  of  the  wealthy.  It  extends  from  59th  Street 
to  110th  Street  and  from  5th  Avenue  to  8th  Avenue,  an  area  of  eight  hundred  seventy-nine  acres  abounding  in  natural  beauty.  Woodland,  lake,  lawn  and  meadow- 
unite  to  make  this  the  most  delightful  park  in  the  world.  The  center  view  above  shows  the  fine  equestrian  statue  of  General  Sherman  recently  erected  at  the 
59th  Street  entrance. 


THE  COLUMBUS  STATUE  stands  at  the  entrance  to  Central  I'ark  at  59lh  Street  and  THK  OBELISK  was  presented  to  the  city  by  the  late  Khedive  of  Egypt  in  1877.  It 

8th  A  venue.   It  was  made  in  Italy  and  erected  to  commemorate  the  -tooth  anniversary  is  sixth  in  size  of  the  famous  Egyptian  obelisks.   The  entire  expense  of  its  removal 

of  the  discovery  of  the  American  continent.  and  erection  on  its  present  site  near  the  Metropolitan  Museum  was  borne  by  the  late 

William  H.  Vanderbilt. 


THE  BARTHOLIN  STATUE  stands  upon  Bedloe's  Island,  almost  two  miles  south- 
east of  the  Battery.  This  colossal  figure,  representing  Liberty  Enlightening  the 
World  was  presented  to  the  people  of  America  by  the  great  French  sculptor,  Auguste 
Bartholdi.   It  was  erected  in  1883.   The  torch  is  300  feet  above  the  sea. 


THE  SOLDIERS'  AND  SAILORS'  MONUMENT.  At  89th  Street  stands  a  pure 
white  marble  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  the  citizens  of  New  York  who  took 
part  in  the  Civil  War.  It  is  a  circular  structure,  with  a  peristyle  of  twelve  Corin- 
thian columns,  35  feet  high.   Built  by  the  city  at  a  cost  of  $250,000,  in  1902. 


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i  i  h  i  M  l :  I  a  (TNIVERSITY,  M  orningside  Heights,  liroadway  and  Amsterdam  Avenue,  lh'.th  to  120th  streets.  New  York's  foremost  educational  institution 
founded  as  "  Kind's  College  "  in  1754,  now  occupies  fifteen  college  buildings  covering  18  acres.  The  central  structure  is  the  Low  Memorial  Library,  erected  l>v 
Seth  Low  in  memory  of  liis  father.  Cost  $1,000,000.  It  contains  350,000  volumes.  Other  buildings  are  the  University  Hall,  Sehermerhoin  Hall  (biology)  Havermeyer 
Hall  chemistry  i  the  1'hysics  Ittiilding,  Karl,  South  and  Kayerweather  Halls,  and  the  Engineering  Building,  containing  the  machinery  needed  in  practical 
instruction. 


THE  HALL  OF  FAME  FOR  GREAT  AMERICANS,  University  Heights  at  Sedgwick,  Aqueduct  and  University  avenues  and  East  181st  Street.  This  semi-cir- 
cular structure,  over  rm  feet  long,  is  a  striking  feature  of  the  New  York  University,  the  library  of  which  institution  it  half-surrounds.  It  contains  l/iOeight-foot 
panels  which  will  ultimately  be  inscribed  with  the  names  of  departed  great  Americans.  The  first  five  names  selected  were:  Washington,  Liucoln,  Webster, 
Franklin  and  Grant.  The  building  cost  $'250,000  and  was  the  gift  of  Miss  Helen  Gould  to  the  University. 


THE  NEW  YORK  BOTANICAL  MUSEUM,  Bronx  Park.  This  Museum  contains  collections  of  Economic  Botany,  showing  the  process  of  manufacture  and  the 
uses  to  which  the  many  vegetable  products  are  put,  also  collections  of  Scientific  Botany,  including  the  splendid  Torrey  Herbarium  deposited  by  Columbia  Uni- 
versity and  valued  at  $175,000.  The  conservatories  contain  thousands  of  growing  plants,  shrubs  and  trees,  gathered  from  all  quarters  of  the  globe  at  enormous 
expense  ill  many  instances.   The  Garden  in  which  the  Museum  is  situated  is  the  equal  of  the  Kew  Gardens  of  London,  or  the  Jardin  des  Plantes  of  Paris. 


